William e



(Nn Model.)

W. vE. T. MERRXLL.

BUGKLB.

No. 303,175. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT BEIGE.

VILLIAM E. T. MERRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA..

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,175, dated August5, 1884.

Application filed March 10, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. T. MERRILL,

a. citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which iorm part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section ofthe buckle and tongue applied to a suspenderweb. Fig. 2 is a front vievTof the saine. Fig. 3 is a face view ofthebuckle and tongue connected.Fig. 4 is a face view of the blank for the tongue.

This invention has relation to buckles for Suspenders and other uses,and has for its ob- 20 ject the provision of a buckle, the body andtongue of which may be made of sheet or cast metal, and after thestamping or cutting of the blanks may be struck up or shaped to therequired form.

.A further object of my invention is to provide au improved forni ofbuckle of a very simple and comparatively inexpensive construction,which will securely hold the web or strap without injury to the same.

The invention consists in constructing the body or frame of the bucklelof a simpleilat plate of metal having slots for the passage of the webor strap, and in constructing the tongue with a lip to engage a fold ofthe web at its point ol' insertion or passage through one of the slots,said tongue being provided with means :for attachment to the frame, allas hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates thebucklefranie,eonsistin g sinipl y of a flat plate of any suitable metal formedaccording to any suitable or fanciful outline, and provided with twoparallel slots, u a', for the passage of the web or strap.

B designates the tongue, consisting` also of l a plate of metal, theblank of which is of the outline shownin Fig. 4, or approximately so. Onone end of the blank is formed, by bending the metal over, a lip oriiange, Z), and at the ends of this flange are produced pintles or jhooks b'- Z1. The other end of the tongue is formed with a spring-hook,eye, or other suit able means for attaching the suspender-straps orother devices to be connected thereto.

The position of the tongue with relation to 5 the slot, and the lipinipnges upon this fold. 6

Thus any strain or tension on the tongue and lframe tends to tighten thelip against the fold, and the latter upon the edge of the slot, and toeffect a secure and reliable fastening of the web in place. is releasedand may be drawn through the slots and adjusted.

Vhat I claim as Iny invention is as follows:

The buckle, consisting of the iiat plate of metal forming the frame A,and having the 7 parallel slots o; a and the tongue B, consisting of aplate provided with the flange b and pintles b Z1', and fitting thebuckle-frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the `foregoing I S have hereunto set Iny handthis thday of lMarch, 1884.

'IHos A. CONNOLLY, ANDREW ZANE, Jr.

The web is then By raising the tongue the web 7

